SICILY Definition & Meaning

Sicily

[ sis-uh-lee ]

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noun

an island in the Mediterranean, constituting a region of Italy, and separated from the SW tip of the mainland by the Strait of Messina: largest island in the Mediterranean. 9,924 sq. mi. (25,705 sq. km). : Palermo.

Sicily

/ ˈ��ɪ��ɪ��ɪ /

noun

the largest island in the Mediterranean, separated from the tip of SW Italy by the Strait of Messina: administratively an autonomous region of Italy; settled by Phoenicians, Greeks, and Carthaginians before the Roman conquest of 241 bc ; under Normans (12th–13th centuries); formed the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies with Naples in 1815; mountainous and volcanic. Capital: Palermo. Pop: 4 972 124 (2003 est). Area: 25 460 sq km (9830 sq miles) Latin namesSiciliaTrinacria Italian nameSicilia

Sicily

Island in southern Italy on the Mediterranean Sea , separated from the Italian mainland by the narrow Strait of Messina. Its capital is Palermo .

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Notes

It is the largest Mediterranean island.

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Other �y��vlog Forms

��·��·�� [si-, sil, -y, uh, n, -, sil, -ee-, uh, n], adjective noun

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Season 2, a bedroom farce set at a gorgeous beachfront resort in Sicily, looked at sex, money and power.

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Like, is he in hiding as the stuff in Sicily is going down, waiting for final word?

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Ricotta, who was born in Sicily and used an Italian interpreter throughout his trial, was handed a life sentence at Chelmsford Crown Court.

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After lounging on Hawaii’s beaches and yachting in Sicily, a new star-studded cast has headed to Thailand for a luxurious, deadly vacation in “The White Lotus.”

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Despite its evident yearning for crimes of the past, the Mafia in Sicily is still a force to be reckoned with, warns anti-mafia prosecutor Maurizio de Lucia: "Cosa nostra is alive and present."

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